Beldorney Castle
Beldorney Castle is a Z-plan castle dating from the mid-16th century, about two miles south of Glass, in hilly country in the valley of the Deveron, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Alternative names are Beldornie, Beldornay and Beldorny.Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Beldornie Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glass Parish Church.
Glass Parish Church
Church
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glass Parish Church is situated 2 miles north of Beldorney Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glass and Ardonald.
Glass
Village
Glass is a parish about 8 miles west of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is now wholly located in Aberdeenshire but before the reorganisation of Scottish county boundaries in 1891 it was partly in Banffshire. Glass is situated 1½ miles north of Beldorney Castle.
Ardonald
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardonald is a rural area near Cairnie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ardonald is situated 5 miles northeast of Beldorney Castle.
Dunbennan
Hamlet
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunbennan is a settlement near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name comes from the Gaelic dun-beinnean, or the fort of the little hill, and originally denoted what is now Dunbennan Hill. Dunbennan is situated 6 miles northeast of Beldorney Castle.
Beldorney Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.41956° or 57° 25′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.96311° or 2° 57′ 47″ westElevation
1,010 feet (308 metres)Open location code
9C9VC29P+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 957998447OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2655986Wikidata ID
Q15978764
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Beldorney Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Beldorney Castle”
- Turkish: “Beldorney Kalesi”
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